Marina Hendricks
Assistant Professor; Graduate Program Coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication
Biography
Dr. Marina Hendricks teaches Public Relations Writing, Introduction to the Master of Mass Communication, Integrated Marketing Communication and Cross-Platform Campaigns. Her research focuses on youth journalism, student journalists, issues in journalism and social media. In a previous life, she was communications director at the Newspaper Association of America (now News Media Alliance). A West Virginia native, she served as the founding editor of the FlipSide teen journalism program at The Charleston Gazette and also worked for an advertising and public relations agency.
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- Online education
- Journalism
- Public relations
- Social media
Academic Responsibilities
- Graduate coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication
- Faculty adviser, ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America
- Coordinator, South Dakota High School Press Association
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - Scholastic Journalism Division Head, 2021-2023
- Journalism Education Association - State Director/South Dakota
- Public Relations Society of America
- Online News Association
- International Communication Association
Work Experience
- Director of communications/senior manager of communications, Newspaper Association of America, Arlington, Virginia
- Manager, Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
- Editor/special projects editor, Newspaper Association of America/NAA Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
- Adjunct instructor, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia
- FlipSide editor, Reporter and Special Projects Coordinator, The Charleston Gazette/Charleston Newspapers, Charleston, West Virginia
- Accounts coordinator, Perry Productions, Charleston, West Virginia
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
- Youth journalism
- Student journalists
- Issues in journalism
- Social media
Awards and Honors
- 2024 David Adams Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year Award - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
- 2024 Top Faculty Paper (co-author) - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
- 2024 Certified Journalism Educator (renewal) - Journalism Education Association
- 2021 Excellence in Online Teaching Award - South Dakota State University
- 2020 Volunteer of the Year (with Fall 2020 Public Relations Writing students) - Visit Brookings
- 2018 Top Faculty Paper (solo author), AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
Grants
- Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Anderson, J. (2021). Changing needs in tobacco cessation: Exploring coaching preferences among people of low socioeconomic status. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Anderson, J., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2021). College students and vaping. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Hendricks, M. A., Lucchesi, R. and Weaver, S. M. (2020). Young adults self-report on use of e-cigarettes/vaping devices. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Koehler, K. (2020). Technical and university student study on changing attitudes and behaviors related to e-cigarettes. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Domonoske, D., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2019). Investigation of educators’ needs on e-cigarette curriculum. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
Publications
- Hill, M., Hendricks, M. A., Cavanah, S. and Bobkowski, P. (Accepted for publication). High school journalism field trips: Post-pandemic barriers and opportunities. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator.
- Finneman, T, Hendricks, M. A. and Bobkowski, P. S. (2022). . Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. DOI:10.1177/10776958211062683.
- Thomas, R. J. and Hendricks, M. A. (2019). Making class matter: Journalism and social class. In E. L. Perry and M. Len-Rios (Eds.), Cross-cultural journalism: Communicating strategically about diversity (2nd ed., pp. 77-99). Routledge.
- Hendricks, M. A. and Thomas, R. J. (2018). Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 73(4), 454–468. DOI:10.1177/1077695817736688.
- Russell, F. M., Hendricks, M. A., Choi, H. and Stephens, E. C. (2015). . Digital Journalism, 3(6), 925-943. DOI:10.1080/21670811.2014.995918.
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